how do you know if you are going into remission?

So I have been having a "winning streak" of solid stool. I have all sorts of abdominal pain as before but my stool is mostly solid (today it was mushy but more on the solid side then diarrhea) is this remission?
I still have pelvic pain and an extremely sensitive colon.
Still can't eat any dairy or my other problematic foods...maybe those aren't supposed to go away with remission anyways?
Any advice will help!

It's great that you're feeling like you're doing better but I agree, you are not in remission yet based on what you've written.

Do you have lactose intolerance by any chance? I noticed in another thread (that I also just replied in) that you eat flavored oatmeal that likely contains some lactose in it and if you're lactose intolerant and not using a product like lactaid pills then you're exposing yourself to lactose without knowing it, so reading processed food labels are important because it's surprising where lactose will show up in those processed foods so label reading is essential. It could also be why you're having belly/pelvic pain too.